A couple of thieves managed to strip off the entire surface of a 410-meter road in Nantong, Jiangsu in China.

A couple of thieves managed to strip off the entire surface
of a 410-meter road in Nantong, Jiangsu in China.

The public rural road located in eastern China was "stolen" in only two days by a couple of thieves who used an excavator and a truck to
extract no less than 630 tons of concrete slabs. The massive theft was
discovered by one of the villagers who contacted the police to ask them what
happened to the pavement.

The police then talked to the village committee who
confirmed there wasn't any plan to take off the road surface. The local
authorities then checked roadside cameras to discover what happened and a farm
vehicle was captured on footage as well as the driver named Gu. Talking to the
police, the thief gave a rather incredible explanation: "as this road was not
often used, I thought I might as well dig out some stuff and make some money."

The thieves were very quick as they managed to sell the loot
to a quarry, but the police managed to catch them before splitting the money.